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www.spec.com.au HAMILTON SPECTATOR Thursday February 4 2016 11 first demonstrated on Bondi Beach on December 23, 1906. Eleven days later it was proved a success when it was used to rescue two small boys. One boy when he recovered gave his name as Charles Smith of Yates St, North Sydney. He grew up to be one of the world’s greatest aeroplane pilots … Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Many years later, in 1935, he disappeared into the sea while on a flight from England. Art of body surfing BEFORE the art of body surfing was practiced in Australia, surfers simply splashed about in the waves. The art of “shooting the breakers” was actually introduced to Australia in the 1890s by a New Hebrides boy named Tommy Tanna who worked as a gardener in Manly. He was one of the many thousands of Kanakas who were bribed (or kidnapped) to work on the Queensland plantations. Tommy astounded the bathers at Manly with his prowess of swimming out through the breakers, before allowing the waves to propel him towards the shore. One 17-year-old Manly lad named Freddie Williams persuaded Tanna to show him how to throw himself, head lowered and shoulders hunched along the path of the wave, riding it to the beach. Freddie Williams later struck up a friendship with Duke Kahanamoku, champion surfboard rider who was visiting from Hawaii. While in Australia, the Hawaiian bought a length of sugar pine and carved out his own surf-board on which he gave an awesome display for the crowd on Freshwater Beach. When the Duke left Australia he gave his board to a 15-year-old Manly boy named Claude West. Claude soon became Australia’s champion surf-board rider, holding the title for 10 years. I believe the Duke’s board still stands to his honour in the Freshwater Surf Club today. Fanny Durack Olympic champion MIXED bathing became legal on most Australian beaches during the first decade of the 20th century, though the costumes remained unchanged; usually made of wool; consisting of a tunic and knickerbockers. When Fanny Durack won the women’s 100 metres freestyle for Australia at the 1912 Olympic Games, she wore a long heavy robe to the starting blocks; disrobing to reveal a black woollen bathing Off ering you the Complete Turf Solution... Dine in or take-away Meals LUNCH SPECIALS From $ • Instant Turf • Seeding • Seed & Fertiliser • Top dressing • Aeration • Construction Henderson St, Hamilton Email: sales@turfworx.com.au 1800 446 241 www.turfworx.com.au OPENING HOURS LUNCH Tuesday-Sunday 11.30am-2pm DINNER Tuesday-Sunday 5.30pm-9pm CLOSED MONDAY Tel: (03) 5571 2220 105 Thompson Street, Hamilton VIC 3300 www.facebook.com/thaitownhamilton 13 PECK ST, HAMILTON Tel 03 5571 1999 9.90 Knuckle Boom Cherry Picker and Scissor Lift Hire For all your elevated work platform needs IN 1909, when the Bondi Surf Life-Saving Club team was photographed in this march-past in a carnival at Manly, surf clubs were attracting young men to all the main beaches around Sydney. Then, as now, the life-savers were all volunteers; their surf-rescue methods are copied world-wide. costume reaching to her knees. Not until World War I did costumes become more revealing. The backless style made its appearance in the 1930s. In July 1946 the United States began its atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and in that same month the Bikini swimsuit appeared on the scene, modelled by Micheline Bernadini. The bikini slowly gained acceptance on Australian beaches although there were strict regulations regarding its dimensions. In 1961, Joan Barry was ordered off the Bondi Beach for offensive behaviour and fined three pounds. Seaside councils continued to protect public morals with beach inspectors patrolling the beaches ensuring that swimsuits were not too revealing. At least three inches of material at the side of the bikini was needed to comply with the ethics code. In July 1964 Tuiga Pakerinen, a Finnish model, boldly appeared in the surf at Mona Vale NSW, wearing a topless swimming costume. Now that is going a bit too far, don’t you think? Although, with the slow evolution of our vanishing swim-wear, perhaps we can assume she was just a precursor of things to come. Carters Transport now offer farm wool receivals depot in Hamilton Please call to arrange delivery Phone Carters Transport Office on 03 5575 8200 The Painting Professional • Gas Fitting • Drainage • Split System A/C Installation • Roofing & Guttering Plumbing Work 0419 721 288 All General ‘PADDLING,’ said Melbourne’s Punch in 1908, ‘is an adorable pastime.’ However, these Launceston ladies were caught wading as early as 1901, when showing the calf was still considered shocking and bathing was not permitted during the day. For all your Painting Needs • Interior & Exterior • Domestic & Commercial For a FREE No Obligation Quote Call Steve 0401 688 736 Saturday Night EE FR FRE REE JUKEBOX JUKEBO Happy Hour 10-11pm The Cally Hamilton UKEBOX SDF0651006N SDD2525416N SDD2525316N SDD2552116N SDE2869711N SDC0531716N SDF0672211N 